{"602048":{"#nid":"602048","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"It\u2019s Alive!: \u2018Black Mirror\u2019 and TV\u2019s New Golden Age of Science Fiction","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/yaszek\u0022\u003ELisa Yaszek\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Institute of Technology, was quoted in the \u003Cem\u003EBook Trib,\u003C\/em\u003E February 6, article, \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s Alive!: \u0026lsquo;Black Mirror\u0026rsquo; and TV\u0026rsquo;s New Golden Age of Science Fiction\u0026rdquo; The School of Literature, Media, and Communication is a unit in the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThink of science fiction as a mirror for our times. Just as television\u0026rsquo;s first \u0026ldquo;Twilight Zone\u0026rdquo; (1959-1964) reflected cold war fears and anxieties, \u0026ldquo;Black Mirror,\u0026rdquo; the more recent Netflix anthology series is very much of the moment. Plots range wildly, from a dating site with ulterior motives. Genetic engineering by a creepy Captain Kirk clone. An underclass on stationary bikes earning credits for food while they generate electricity. One episode, \u0026ldquo;San Junipero,\u0026rdquo; about two women who are more than best friends won two 2017 Primetime Emmys, and was nominated for a Hugo Award for best dramatic sci fi short. \u0026ldquo;Black Mirror\u0026rdquo; segments are very much about how we are changed by technology, says Lisa Yaszek, Georgia Tech science fiction historian and critic. As \u0026ldquo;Black Mirror\u0026rdquo; creator Charlie Brooker said of his show, \u0026ldquo;If technology is a drug, what are its side effects?\u0026rdquo; What do we see when we look in the black mirror of our computer screens?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/booktrib.com\/2018\/02\/sci-fi-new-goiden-age\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBook Trib\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E website.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34554","created_gmt":"2018-02-07 16:25:53","changed_gmt":"2018-02-07 16:25:53","author":"ralu3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"libary","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/booktrib.com\/2018\/02\/sci-fi-new-goiden-age\/","dateline":{"date":"2018-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"574391":{"id":"574391","type":"image","title":"Lisa Yaszek - Professor and Associate Chair","body":null,"created":"1473359548","gmt_created":"2016-09-08 18:32:28","changed":"1475895383","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:56:23","alt":"Lisa Yaszek - Professor and Associate Chair","file":{"fid":"207178","name":"lisa_2_headshot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lisa_2_headshot.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lisa_2_headshot.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4005135,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lisa_2_headshot.jpg?itok=60UFVPP1"}}},"media_ids":["574391"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"167040","name":"science"},{"id":"4765","name":"fiction"},{"id":"176350","name":"historian"},{"id":"177042","name":"critic"},{"id":"170377","name":"mirror"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}